Dorner's body said found in burned cabin; deputy dies

4:37 PM,
Feb. 12, 2013

Redlands police officers at a blockade during a manhunt for the former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dormer who is suspected of triple murder on February 12, 2013 in Yucaipa, Calif.

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William M. Welch, Donna Leinwand Leger and Michael Winter, USA TODAY

BIG BEAR, Calif. - Authorities Tuesday night reportedly found a body in a burned-out mountain resort cabin that they believe is that of former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, who killed one sheriff's deputy and wounded another earlier in the day as he was cornered after a deadly two-week rampage across Southern California.

Riverside County Police Chief Sergio Diaz said the body was Dorner's, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Other news outlets, citing law enforcement sources, also stated that the remains were Dorner's, but a Los Angeles police spokeswoman told ...